Monday morning& #39;s reason for apologising during a work call: this duck walked into my kitchen. I do not own a duck.

The duck came in about ten times yesterday. I think it was because my bird seed had run out - and the duck likes to steal this - so the duck was basically asking for the manager. What sort of duck walks into a house though??! Very unsettling...

I’m embarrassed to admit that I also have this rat, who keeps coming to wash his hands in this bowl of water. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Errötetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errötetes Gesicht"> I tried to put a peanut-laden trap down, & a badger ran off with the whole rat-trap last night. The animals are running some kind of racket. My cats are fired btw. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😐" title="Neutrales Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Neutrales Gesicht">

My (stupid) cat has brought me duckling in the past. For some reason she licks them (?). This is a duckling covered in cat-lick. (They are easy to return: I have just walked to the bottom of the garden where there is a cross mummy-duck loudly making a safeguarding complaint.)

The local squirrels are actually more intimidating than cute, especially if you look like you might have a snack https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😐" title="Neutrales Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Neutrales Gesicht">

Awww, thank you everyone for being so nice and jolly on my duckie thread: it has been very cheering! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💕" title="Zwei Herzen" aria-label="Emoji: Zwei Herzen"> P.S. Of course I won’t do anything bad to the rat: once he’s fixed the fairy light wiring, I am training him as a chef.